‘RESOURCES’ Category

cadsharp-solidworks-api

CADSharp, Massive Vats of SolidWorks API Tutorial Goodness

03 May, 2012 by in CAD, RESOURCES

What do you do in the morning when you have a hankering for a fried doughy foods and a massive glass of SolidWorks API knowledge? Stop by your nearest doughnut shop? Unfortunately, they know nothing of SolidWorks API and you may not get your doughnuts if you mention anything of it. So, after you’ve grabbed a bag of bearclaws, head over to CADSharp.com and absorb the frothy goodness of video tutorials and everything you’ve ever wanted to know about creating custom programs for SolidWorks.
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teamplatform

TeamPlatform On the Collaboration Scene Looking Crispy and Clean.

21 Mar, 2012 by in CAD, NEWS, RESOURCES

A new player in the 3D collaboration space is on the scene with a site that steps up sharing, syncing and neck slappin’ your project management effort with the blazing efficiency of a web-based collaborative environment. TeamPlatform it’s much more than meets the eye. We had a chance to use it and talk with Scott Anderson about what TeamPlatform is bringing to the office.

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Use This Gear Template Generator to Crank Your Creations

24 Jan, 2012 by in FAB, RESOURCES

Who loves wooden gears? We do! We do! Wooden hand high five all around for a tool that helps you create the gears and the templates to crank those creations. The Gear template generator from woodgears.ca is a magical web-based tool (probably) using little wooden mathematical gears on the back end to output a 2D downloadable file, that you can also print, slap on a piece of cardboard, plywood, acrylic or other material and cut out.

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modo Rigging Madness!! The New Rich Hurrey
Animation Master Course

11 Oct, 2011 by in NEWS, RESOURCES

I believe all the texture locators have dropped off my face from pure shock. Luxology has just released awesomeness disguised in the form of the new modo Rigging Master Course for modo 501. It’s 26+ hours of having your brain contraints tweaked by the incredible Rich Hurrey, Techincal Director at Pixar, who will take you through everything that entails becoming an animation master with the new Schematic viewport and Assembly groups in modo 501. Prepare to link objects. Link.

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cnc-simulator

Get Your CNC Machining On, Without the Metal
Shavings

06 Oct, 2011 by in FAB, RESOURCES, TECH

The lonliness that consumes you when the CNC operators talk shop is all about to end. You may not know how to bolt a billet of aluminum into a chunk without removing half your arm skin, but you can download a program with less trauma and bring a CHUCKle to a machinists face. A fresh CNC simulator program, aptly named CNC Simulator is available and liable to interest anyone who has or has wished they could shape materials on a CNC Machine. Me? I’m gonna use it to simulate the 5-axis cut of a mechanical arm the drill press and milling machine operators can use to battle against each other. Prepare for the download and some jazzy CNC Simulation video down below.

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How To Enhance Your Project Scope

09 Sep, 2011 by in CULTURE, DESIGN, RESOURCES

Ah, the project scope. The crucial document many of us follow as a guideline while we’re designing or engineering the next greatest thing. Its entire existence is to keep the focus by describing in detail the new product’s soon to be features, costs, and milestone dates. Love them or hate them, many of us couldn’t work without one. I’ve written dozens of scopes and over the years I’ve learned how to make them even better. Here is a way to bring more meaning to this famous document and consequently the work we produce. I call it… the Last Page.

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HDR Light Studio LIVE for KeyShot Licks Sweet Rays of
Gleem

01 Sep, 2011 by in CAD, RESOURCES

Have you ever tried to render glorious rays of light with your mind? It can’t be done (unless you have a perfect mix of abysynth and electricity.) In lieu of that you’ll want some easily adjustable, totally customizable HDR images to slap in your renderings. That’s where HDR Light Studio comes in. They’ve developed a special plugin available in HDR Light Studio 2 that adds the ability to create and adjust lighting, in real-time, directly on your KeyShot model. Wow.

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Faberdashery. Fine 3D Printing Supplies for Gentlemen
(and Lady) Makers.

30 Aug, 2011 by in FAB, RESOURCES

Why there’s nothing I quite like more than buttoning up the finest faux suede longcoat, donning my tophat and printing colorful componentry into the wee hours of the morning. There’s just something enjoyable about it that frightens people slightly. Part of that may be the amazing color assortment of plastic filament I have wrapped around my face. It’s all thanks to a wonderful new shop making the acquisition of such material a dream come true for plastic hacks and print shops alike. It’s the Faberdashery, a shop for the refined maker who delights in the wonders of 3D printing.

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